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Name: Avante Cox (+) Coming off Aug 2022 Hand INJ/Transfer from Wyoming
College: Southern Illinois     Number: 11
Height: 5-09   Weight: 192
Position: WR  Pos2:
Class/Draft Year: rSr/2023

40 Low: 4.60
   40 Time: 4.65
  40 High: 4.75

> Projected Round:   Stock:    

Combine Invite: 
Height: 5094
Weight: 192

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Dates: 03/08/23 03-14-23@Northwestern
Hand: 08 1/4  Arm: 30 1/2
Wingspan: 72 1/8

Height: 5094
Weight: 192
40 Yrd Dash: 4.65
20 Yrd Dash: 2.62
10 Yrd Dash: 1.50
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 10
Vertical Jump: 33
Broad Jump: 10'07"
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.34
3-Cone Drill: 6.81

+13 LBs/40 Time Range: 4.65-4.75/4.65 Twice @ NWestern/**Projected 4.42/+.23/Both-Bests
 

 



 Data Scout Notes: 2022: 2ndC...(+) Coming off Aug 2022 Hand INJ...PWPayton/P1stC/P2ndFCSAA...2021: HMC...2020: P3rdPSDS...2019: 2ndC...Transfer from Wyoming



 Avante Cox, Southern Illinois, Player News


  2022 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM: WR Avante Cox, Southern Illinois, Sr.,...The Missouri Valley Football Conference announced its postseason awards on Monday, and Southern Illinois landed 10 players on the All-Conference and All-Newcomer teams. SIU defensive end Richie Hagarty was named first-team All-MVFC, while linebacker Branson Combs, wide receiver Avante Cox, fullback Jacob Garrett, safety PJ Jules and all-purpose back Javon Williams Jr. picked up second-team honors. Honorable mention All-MVFC selections were quarterback Nic Baker, offensive tackle Beau Branyan and wide receiver D'Ante' Cox. - Southern Illinois Football

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  It didn't take long for the SIU football team to develop injury concerns about a star player for the Sept. 3 season opener at Incarnate Word. Coach Nick Hill said that sixth-year senior wide receiver Avante Cox is down with a hand injury suffered in practice and that it's not certain that he'll be able to suit up when the Salukis travel to San Antonio. "Avante's not out for the season," Hill said, "but it just depends on is it a four-week injury and can we get him back for the game? Or is it a six-week injury? We'll get him back at some point, but he's definitely hurt." Cox battled a shoulder injury over the second part of 2021, missing three games, including a second round FCS playoff defeat at North Dakota State. He still finished with 43 catches for 739 yards and five touchdowns. - TheSouthern.com

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  2022 PRESEASON STATS PERFORM FCS SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICAN: WR - Avante Cox, 5-10, 170, senior, Southern Illinois (2020),...Played and started 10 games, missing 3 games due to injury in 2021...All-MVFC honorable mention...Totaled 43 catches for 739 yards and 5 TDs...Added 8 rushing attempts for 45 yards. - Southern Illinois Football

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  2022 PRESEASON WALTER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST: WR Avante Cox, Southern Illinois, Sr., 5-10, 170,...Played and started 10 games, missing 3 games due to injury in 2021...All-MVFC honorable mention...Totaled 43 catches for 739 yards and 5 TDs...Added 8 rushing attempts for 45 yards. - Southern Illinois Football

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  2022 PRESEASON MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES/MEDIA): WR Avante Cox, Southern Illinois,...Played and started 10 games, missing 3 games due to injury in 2021...All-MVFC honorable mention...Totaled 43 catches for 739 yards and 5 TDs...Had 5 catches for 187 yards and 1 TD at SEMO...His 99-yard touchdown catch at SEMO was the longest in school history. - Southern Illinois Football

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  2021 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): WR Avante Cox,...Three players earned honorable mention All-Conference status - wide receiver Avante Cox, quarterback Nic Baker and cornerback PJ Jules. A preseason Payton Watch List candidate, Cox missed 2.5 games due to injury, but still produced 43 catches for 739 yards and five TDs. - Southern Illinois Football

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  Avante Cox had a career-high 10 receptions for 148 yards and a touchdown, Romeir Elliott scored on a 5-yard run midway through the fourth quarter and Southern Illinois beat South Dakota 22-10 on Saturday night in the first round of the FCS playoffs. Southern Illinois improved to 4-3 all-time against the Coyotes. Despite both teams being in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, the programs hadn't faced off since the Salukis won 48-28 at South Dakota in 2019. The Salukis (8-4), ranked No. 23 in the FCS coaches poll, plays at third-ranked and No. 2 seed North Dakota State — another MVC member — next Saturday. Southern Illinois won its last meeting with the Bison 38-14 on Feb. 27, ending NDSU's 39-game win streak. Southern Illinois scored on drives of 14, 15 and 16 plays in the first half to take a 13-0 lead into the break.

Nico Gualdoni made a 50-yard field goal to cap a 30-yard drive and open the scoring midway through the first quarter, an 85-yard drive culminated when Cox caught a wide-open 4-yard TD pass with 8:04 left in the second quarter and the Salukis marched 83 yards before Gualdoni kicked a 26-yard field goal as time expired in the first half. SIU's Qua Brown, a sixth-year senior who went into the game with two career interceptions, picked off two passes in Salukis territory. On the opening possession, Carson Camp sailed a pass over the middle intended for Caleb Vander Esch that Brown intercepted at the 26 and Brown undercut a back-shoulder pass at the 1 to preserve a 16-3 lead late in the third quarter. Camp, who went into the game having thrown just four interceptions this season, was picked off a third time when Clayton Bush intercepted a pass on third-and-17 with 5:29 to play. - Southern Illinois/AP College Football


(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  2020 PHIL STEELE/DRAFTSCOUT PRESEASON ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY THIRD TEAM: Avante Cox, Southern Illinois, Jr.,...Cox was 2nd Team All-MVFC and All-Newcomer team in 2019...Led the team with 47 catches for 617 yards and 5 TDs and also had 21 carries for 212 rushing yards, 3 TDs and a 10.1 average per rush...Had at least 2 catches in 10-straight games to end the season. - Southern Illinois Football

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  2019 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY SECOND TEAM (COACHES): WR Avante Cox, Southern Illinois,...Cox led the team with 47 catches for 617 yards and 5 TDs and also had 21 carries for 212 rushing yards, 3 TDs and a 10.1 average per rush. The Wyoming transfer was a two-time Newcomer of the Week in the MVFC. - Southern Illinois Football

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  OCT 28 MISSOURI VALLEY OFFENSIVE PLAYER & NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: WR Avante Cox, Southern Illinois, 5-10, 175, So., Rochester, Ill. (Rochester HS/Wyoming),...Cox led the Salukis to a 48-28 win at South Dakota with 193 yards of offense. On the team's second play from scrimmage, he took a jet sweep, barreled through a pair of tacklers at the line of scrimmage and raced 65 yards to the USD 10. It was the first of many big plays for the Wyoming transfer, who caught eight passes for 113 yards, rushed for 80 yards, and scored three touchdowns. He caught an 11-yard touchdown pass with nine seconds left before halftime to put Southern up, 34-7, and added a 33-yard catch for a TD to make it 41-14. Cox finished the scoring with a five-yard jet sweep for touchdown. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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  SEPT 23/WEEK 4 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK: WR Avante Cox, Southern Illinois, 5-10, 175, So., Rochester, Ill. (Rochester High / Wyoming),...The Wyoming transfer caught 7 passes for 142 yards and a touchdown in SIU's 41-28 loss to FBS Arkansas State. It was the most receiving yards by a Saluki wide receiver versus an FBS opponent since Brent Little had 152 yards at Western Michigan in 2005.

On Southern's first play from scrimmage, Cox hauled in a 62-yard pass down the left sideline that set up a Javon Williams Jr. touchdown run to tie the game, 7-7. Later in the first quarter, he caught a 26-yard pass down the right sideline for a touchdown that tied the score, 14-14. After catching two passes in SIU's first two games, Cox has 10 catches in the last two contests. - Missouri Valley Conference Football


(DS#147 WR) rSr/2023 WR Avante CoxSouthern Illinois
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